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See the Sectors with RL Star positions!

realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
edited November 2013 in The Foundry for Star Trek Online - Discussion & Feedback
Foundry Authors! Ever wanted to use a real life star in your mission but were unsure if it was near the "door" you wanted to start your mission at? Have you ever thought about what the sector maps would look like if the real stars were superimposed on them?

Well now's your chance!

Keep up to date with the STO RL Sector Maps Project by reading the Change Log

Check out the ongoing progress at Real Sector Maps - Online Atlas - For Star Trek

Overview Map (based off Suritaca's map)

Sectors Done So Far (although some get updated):
Zeta Reticuli Sector
Kalandra Sector
Formalhaut Sector
Denobula Sector
Antares Sector
Stameris Sector
Bolarus Sector
Devron Sector
Sierra Sector
Argelius Sector
Orion Sector
Celes Sector
Vulcan Sector
Teneebia Sector
Tellar Sector
Draylax Sector

Episodes/Voyages Maps:
TOS/TAS Voyages on Map
NX-01 Voyages Maps

Gazetteer: want to know where a star system, star base, or outpost is? The Real Sector Maps Gazetteer is where you will find an alphabetical list of such things with links to the sectors they appear in (for published sectors only.)
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  • painkillerjaynepainkillerjayne Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Now that is just downright cool! :cool: Excellent work!

    (*Puts that web page into browser favorites*)
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  • drkfrontiersdrkfrontiers Member Posts: 2,477 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Very awesome. I always hoped that the STO universe would be more expansive. Perhaps the devs take notice :)
  • hippiejonhippiejon Member Posts: 1,581 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    These are really awesome star charts.
    Thanks for doing this.
  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    That is full of win. Thank you so much!

    Would you happen to know where Eta Carinae is? I'm doing a mission that involves visiting that system after it went supernova.
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  • realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    psycoticvulcan wrote: »
    That is full of win. Thank you so much!

    Would you happen to know where Eta Carinae is? I'm doing a mission that involves visiting that system after it went supernova.

    I've got an excel spreadsheet which converts the information, so I can figure it out.

    Eta Carinae
    RAh 10
    RAm 45
    Dec -59
    Dist 7500 to 8000 LY

    so lets figure it for 7500 LY ...

    X/Y/Z coordinate (each grid is 1 LY) would be 7075,2490,(3863)

    that would put the star in a sector which would be 354 sectors to the "right" and 125 sectors "up" (making it in the Beta Quadrant) and it would be about 194 sectors below Sol's plane on the galactic disc

    but I wouldn't worry about it being nowhere near the area of Trek, it never stopped Trek writers before :)
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  • realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    These are also going to be available at: http://malsmaps.wordpress.com/category/sector-map/
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  • realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    added the Orion and Celes sectors, the first of the next ring of sectors out from the core.

    I have the maps all done, but will take a couple days to add them all to the blog, I'll update here as I continue to add the rest of the sectors: Argelius, Sierra, Devron, Bolarus, Stameris, Denobula, Kalandra, Zeta Reticuli, and two other as-yet-unnamed sectors of the Alpha Quadrant.
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  • realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Added Argelius Sector
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Hmm... you know, AFAIK Eta Carinae hasn't actually exploded (yet). AFAIK it was something more like a CME. But on a much larger scale than seen in our solar system.
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  • twg042370twg042370 Member Posts: 2,312 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    These are great! Excellent work.
    <3
  • realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    added Sierra Sector
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  • realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    added: Devron Sector
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  • realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    added: Bolarus Sector
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  • realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    added: TOS/TAS Voyages on Map
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Awesome. :D
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  • yreodredyreodred Member Posts: 3,527 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Nice to see someone actually put some thoughts on Stars and their real positions.
    While crpytics devs put just enough thought into this game to make it a cheap arcade Trek game, i would have loved if people like you who obviously love star trek to be involved into such a games production.

    Please carry on with your project, it makes me pride to be a Star Trek fan.
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  • realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    added a Gazetteer to make it easier to locate specific locations on published maps.
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  • wombat140wombat140 Member Posts: 971 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Amazing stuff.
    In the opposite direction from Psycoticvulcan's question; what stars are in the direction of the First Federation (The Corbomite Maneuver), please? I'm vaguely trying to make up a species from there.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    The picture in this article might be useful there: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/First_Federation
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  • realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    wombat140 wrote: »
    Amazing stuff.
    In the opposite direction from Psycoticvulcan's question; what stars are in the direction of the First Federation (The Corbomite Maneuver), please? I'm vaguely trying to make up a species from there.

    What kind of star are you looking for and how would you want it to be in relation to Fesarius and Earth (i.e., in between, "above and to the right of Fesarius by 15 light years", etc.)

    Generally speaking, the constellations Draco, Hercules, some Serpentis are off towards Fesarius from Earth...I've just started plotting stars in the Fesarius sector's bottom right hand corner.
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  • realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    added: Stameris Sector to the Real Sector Maps - Online Atlas for Star Trek
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  • realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    markhawkman wrote: »
    The picture in this article might be useful there: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/First_Federation

    sadly, the production materials are fairly useless...they assembled them pretty much willy-nilly at whim using "key word" system names that could be recognized.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    realmalize wrote: »
    sadly, the production materials are fairly useless...they assembled them pretty much willy-nilly at whim using "key word" system names that could be recognized.
    Hmm... you're probably right there. :(
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  • realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    added: Antares Sector to the Real Sector Maps - Online Atlas for Star Trek
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  • realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    added: NX-01 Voyages Maps
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    As usual, excellent work. :D
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  • realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    thx :)


    added: Denobula Sector to the Real Sector Maps - Online Atlas for Star Trek
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  • realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    added: Formalhaut Sector to the Real Sector Maps - Online Atlas for Star Trek
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  • realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Overview Map
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  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    May I ask where you are getting these stellar locations from?

    You're indicating that your map is based off the Real-Life Positions of Stars, but I'm seeing stars that aren't where they supposed to be. I'm seeing may star systems in wrong locations. Procyon, Vega, several of the Rosses.

    Also, I greatly disagree your assessment of the Expanse. It supposed to be coreward of Earth. The location of the The Themoberic clouds coincides with the edge of the Galactic Spiral arm we are in, and the areas between the spiral arms are expanses. Among other things.




    I applaud you for your very hard work, but there is so many errors with real star locations. Also your work suggests that Geoffery Mandel was wrong with his Star Trek Star Charts, who spent years studying Star Trek canon and maping real life stars. Whom Cryptic based their Star Maps off. :(
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